So, I've started a blog.

Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to read my blog. Those honestly, you should be doing something better with your time, just like I should, instead of writing this. But seeing as how we are both here, we may as well continue!

So, honestly, I've had the idea of starting a blog in my head for quite some time now. I just like writing things about my life, and a Facebook status doesn't give one nearly enough room. I don't care if anyone reads it or not, I'm just here to write! Woohoo! So buckle your seat belts ladies and gents, because it's gonna be an awesome ride! (okay, probably not. My life isn't all that exciting... but hey, let's pretend, shall we?)

So, last night I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, and there were a couple of lines that really stood out to me. Here's the quote:

Jack Sparrow: What? You've seen it all, done it all. Survived. That's the trick isn't it? To survive?
Captain Teague: It's not just about living forever, Jackie. The trick is still living with yourself forever.

It got me thinking of a scripture in Alma (yes, I am LDS, and I will be talking about what I believe a lot, so ha). Chapter 5, verse 18.

  "Or otherwise, can ye imagine yourselves brought before the tribunal of God with your souls filled with guilt and remorse, having a remembrance of all your guilt, yea, a perfect remembrance of all your wickedness, yea, a remembrance that ye have set at defiance the commandments of God?"

 

That really is the trick, living with yourself forever. Because when we get to that next life and stand to be judged of God, we will have a bright remembrance of all of our guilt. And will out guilt be so overbearing and so horrible that we wont be able to live with ourselves? Hmmm? That is exactly why we need to live our lives as in line with God's commandments as we can. To live the purest and cleanest lives that we can, so that when that day comes, we will be able to live with ourselves, and with God, forever. 

So, that was my thoughts, and I'm sure if any of my friends on Facebook read this, they might have already read about this, as I wrote a note on it there. But I hope you enjoyed that thought as well, and hope that you see that anything and everything can be related to the gospel. It's just that amazing :) :) :)